Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who p… Read Full Bio ↴Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet and was educated at Los Angeles City College. Dolphy was the first important bass clarinet soloist in jazz, and one of the first viable flute soloists in jazz. On early recordings, he occasionally played traditional B-flat clarinet. His unique and individual style utilized wide intervals, speech-like effects and exotic scales.

Classical music played a large role in Dolphy's early training and remained important to him. Dolphy performed and recorded Edgard Varese's Density 21.5 for solo flute as well as other classical[ works, and participated heavily in Third Stream efforts. Dolphy's work is sometimes classified as free jazz, though he insisted that his compositions and solos were grounded in a thorough, if occasionally unorthodox, use of harmony. He is often compared to Ornette Coleman.

Numerous recordings were made of live performances by Dolphy, and these have been issued by many sometimes dubious record labels, drifting in and out of print ever since. In 1964, Dolphy signed with the legendary Blue Note label and recorded Out To Lunch (once again, the label insisted on using "out" in the title). This album was deeply rooted in the avant garde, and Dolphy's solos are as dissonant and unpredictable as anything he ever recorded. Out To Lunch was deeply influential for a generation of jazz players, and remains a cornerstone in the modern jazz movement. On this album, Dolphy cemented an association with Bobby Hutcherson (they had also recorded together the previous year). Together with his work with Andrew Hill on the pianist's Point of Departure, his working relationship with Hutcherson is one of the intriguing might-have-been's of jazz history. Dolphy's 1964 Blue Note recording Out to Lunch is often regarded not only as his finest, but also as one of the greatest jazz recordings.

Dolphy had intended to settle in Europe (his fiancé was working as a ballerina in Paris) but he died in Berlin from a diabetic attack (which doctors believed was due to malnourishment) on June 29, 1964.

He still remains a legend.

He is honored by the Jesuit institution of LeMoyne College, where there is an annual event called "Dolphy Day." This day is held to honor the music and legend of Dolphy. The day has become a symbol of carefree, college fun, a time to be with friends outdoors on the first beautiful day of Spring. The 40th anniversary of Dolphy Day, celebrated April 7, 2010, honored Eric Dolphy with a life-size bronze sculpture that is the only one of its kind in the world.

Iron Man
Eric Dolphy Lyrics

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We have lyrics for these tracks by Eric Dolphy:

Come Sunday Ooh Lord, dear Lord above, God almighty, God of love, Pleas…
Don't Blame Me Ever since the lucky night I found you I've hung around…
Dont Blame Me Ever since the lucky night I found you I've hung around…
Glad To Be Unhappy Look at yourself If you had the sense of humor You would…
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I'll Remember April This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodby…
I`ll Remember April This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodb…
Laura You know the feeling of something half remembered Of somethi…
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Lover You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
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Speak Low Speak low when you speak, love, Our summer day withers away…
When Lights Are Low Listen to the melody entrancing Blending in a soft and sweet…
You Are Too Beautiful You are too beautiful, my dear, to be true And I…

You Don't Know What Love Is You don't know what love is 'Til you've learned the meaning…

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Comments from YouTube:

Marko Barrows

9y↑53

Eric Dolphy was one of the most inventive musicians I have ever heard.

Michael Ellingson

6y↑14

just another masterpiece from Eric !

3340steve

4y↑24

I bought this album when i was about seventeen...had no idea anyone was that far out/experimental....brilliant music here....

M O

3y↑9

Eric D’s music is eternal.

Guy Morrison

3y↑4

Eric Dolphy is not recognised enough. Wonderful and distinct album

Ameer Shah

5y↑21

Eric Dolphy has amazingly brilliant phrasing.

Jani Häkkinen

4y↑4

The sheer musicality is overflowing. Incredible stuff.

fluffhead1000

11y↑6

I am crazy about Eric Dolphy!!!! He played with so many greats, and recorded so much yet he was gone at such a young age! Love his bass clarinet playing with Coltrane on Village Vanguard. Thank you...

Ippolit

2y↑3

This version of Come Sunday is something else. So heart breaking, beautiful. Great performances from both musicians.

Droid Human

@Black & White Jazz well there are other music's on YouTube so go check that out

Black & White Jazz

@Droid Human It still sucks.

Paul Morgan

@Black & White Jazz I never thought about your point. It is valid on one hand, then I think about Jimmy Garrison’s work with John Coltrane. I thought that his use of a bow on Trane’s 4cd Live in Japan offering was done in good taste.

Black & White Jazz

Whatever it is, putting a bow on the bass ain't jazz in my book.

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Rich Herrera

6y↑2

This is a great album which I had on LP and later on cassette. Advanced music for its day. I am now just beginning to understand on an aural level what Woody Shaw was doing. The whole record, all the musicians sound great.

Randall Raymond

8y↑29

This guy is the definition of ( Out There). 😎

Galactu5

11y↑9

Wah!! I seriously had my breath taken away!! Didn't know that was a real phenomenon until now! This is so much fun to listen to damn!

David mas

7y↑21

Eric Dolphy was the Greatest! A true Monster on his instruments!

song4night

@flyin manatee nice description

flyin manatee

4y↑1

@song4night Coltrane was a telescope, Dolphy a microscope.

song4night

4y↑1

I always thought Coltrane was the greatest...but I had not heard Eric Dolphy!

Davon Ferguson

John Coltrain & Pharaoh Sanders Eric Dolphy

Robert Hill

This might me my favorite album, although that might be the Zappa in me. Eric Dolphy is one of the most 'musician' I ever heard. Beautiful work!

3340steve

8y↑2

thank you for posting this great record . I haven't heard it for many years.

Watkins Brown

9y↑87

it's 2015 and this is still ahead of our time

Deltajaguar

3y↑1

2021 and this album still on future

Bowman Productions

3y↑2

2021 and still humming along...on a jazzy Come Sunday morn.

Mousse Tache

4y↑8

@NasteeJo Make it 20 now. I'm hearing this music for the ery first time. Jazz works in mysterious ways.

NasteeJo

5y↑11

* 2019 ! :)

Sokratinho

7y↑25

2017 and it continues to be like you stated!

John High/Jazz Channel

5y↑3

Way out there, I love it!!!

Brothers Nylon

11y↑2

literally started seeing colors while listening. Got lost of the musical voyage. A true gem!

rall1zes.denudes

i love dolphy's works

champalas

10y↑29

Bobby Hutcherson was there and throwing hard for so much great music history.

Jeff Williams

He sure mellowed out later.

Luis Franco

3y↑1

@Bruce Dunkle Those happen to be my favorite jazz men. Thanks! I'll definitely check it out.

Bruce Dunkle

@Luis Franco look for “Stick Up” with Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, and Billy Higgins. Classic.

Николай Маслов

@emilianoturazzi Best of The Best !!

emilianoturazzi

4y↑2

@Luis Franco Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch and Conversations - Andrew Hill's Point of departure... and several early 60's Jackie McLean's albums

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pedro a. cantero

9y↑16

Disco admirable por lo sutil y lo vivificante, por lo ajustado y por lo pródigo, por lo denso y por lo etéreo, por lo rápido y lo templado. Nunca dejó de sorprenderme. Me sorprendía la velocidad de su toque como me sorprende el vuelo del vencejo, más por el gozo que lo causa que por la proeza que resulta. Gil Pressnitzer, en un artículo obre Eric Dolphy publicado en Esprits Nomades, le llama el derviche de jazz, « il débordait de musique et le trop plein inondait tout. […] Il cueillait ici puis là des herbes magiques, mais la musique qu’il en faisait était uniquement la sienne, enfiévrée, toujours en mouvement ». Como esos danzantes místicos, gira y se eleva sobre lo contingente en busca de absoluto. « Sa recherche d’un absolu sonore le pousse dans le vertige de l’improvisation », sin importarle las disonancias o la ausencia de swing. « Dolphy avait une sorte d’innocence et de pureté qui l’amenait […] à une espèce de sérénité qui captive même ceux qui haïssent le free-jazz, la new-thing ». Eric, fuiste grande entre los grandes sin jamás caer en grandilocuencias. Eres de esas luces que no mueren. Tras tu éxodo queda de ti un rastro estelar inextinguible con el que muchos nos alumbramos en los momentos de spleen. Que la paix soit avec toi!

El Indómito

9y↑2

+pedro a. cantero Siempre es grato leer sus opiniones, gracias por compartirlas.

DIA4000

9y↑28

goddamn thats a sick album beginning

wyndhl eodumegwu

9y↑10

Eric Dolphy's performance evokes the kind of emotional sensibility that causes even the most evil spirits to dance jubilantly.

Surprised? Shouldn't be. Eric is Jazz itself; Jazz that has been conceived in the music soil of Africa; has germinated in North America; has blossomed in Europe and in South America; has voluminously spread to Asia and to the four corners of the world.

Mesdames et messeurs, je vous presente Monsieur Eric Dolphy avec Alto saxophone, bass clarinette et La flute.

C'est une bonne representation de La groupe - de chaque membre.

wyndhl eodumegwu

8y↑1

+Theflowoflove
So true; wasn't he one of the "baddest" mother - - - - -rs?

Certainly he was!

Theflowoflove

8y↑2

+wyndhl eodumegwu You are spot on, a craftsman at taming any restless uselessness.

Gustaf Trolin

7y↑2

Tente tocar assim! Lindo!

antonio coppola

7y↑34

Dolphy and Zappa are among the most important musicians of the XX century and Frank dedicate one his composizione to Eric Dolphy and long live to good music!

Jeff Williams

It never occurred to Zappa that the best thing he ever did was The Mothers or that Capt. Beefheart was ten times more important than he was. As far as comparing Zappa to Dolphy please stop.

Oliwally

4y↑1

@sean brennan I agree. I also prefer the original Lumpy Gravy. Both are great, though. I love the theme at the beginning of the spliced version. Sun Ra is fucking amazing!

Oliwally

4y↑1

@sean brennan What you're saying is so right. I remember when I first heard Uncle Meat I thought "God, this is a mess!". Now it's one of my favourite albums.

sean brennan

Sun Ra was also like top 10. Love in outer space from the album “somewhere else” is one of the best jazz jams of all time.

sean brennan

4y↑2

Oliwally Dude, “Lumpy Gravy Primordial” is unbelievable. The original piece is arguably better than the one he had to splice up in the late 60s. Master composer

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Gabriele Mengoli

11y

Great Album Great Artist

Matthew DeLisle

9y↑16

real music.

Finkanslig

11y↑2

A Jazz essential! Thank you. From two July 1963 sessions. Come Sunday (ED on bass clarinet) and Jaki Byard’s Ode To C.P. (flute) rec’d 01 JUL, in NYC = duets w/ Richard Davis. The rest cut 03 JUL. Gavin Bushnell (basson) on this session. Liner notes on Douglas SD785, the orig. release (‘69): “a ten piece orchestra of young men who understood and admired Eric's work.” and then credit only 9 musicians - leaving off Bushnell. Conversations ('63 album) has more from these 2 sessions. :I:

katana7xv

So glad to see Jaki Byard's not completely forgotten!

Krzysztof Demitraszek

Fantastic ! Thank you.

Better than telly

7y↑2

brilliant. utterly brilliant.

Matthew Keenan

10y↑4

I have always loved Dolphy. I had this album way back when, in the 1970s, but don't remember this album cover. He had such a unique sound. I have never understood why Miles Davis was dismissive of his sound. In the Troupe bio. of Miles, Miles is quoted as saying that Eric played as if someone was stepping on his foot.

champalas

10y↑5

Well, Miles was bourgeois himself. I think in that same interview he said something like," I play pure Black and only Black……" I think it was his dawning of a Black Nationalism and the solidification of his own aesthetic. His painting is also fantastic, and what I would have imagined that his painting would have looked like.

Matthew Keenan

10y↑1

@champalas Yes, Sly and the Family Stone really had an impact on Miles, if not just for the hippy (bell bottoms), Carmody Street style of clothing the band members wore. I guess Miles didn't wear a dark suit and necktie when he performed after that. I just wonder, especially after reading some writings of Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) where he expresses a preference at that time for Junior Walker's tenor style rather than Ayler's, whether he thought they were too bourgeois. Just a thought.

champalas

10y↑2

I had this discussion w/ someone else the other day; Miles was dimissive of just about other innovator in Jazz by 1970. I remember reading an interview at that time where he said that all he really liked to listen to at that time was James Brown and Sly Stone. He wasn't even that fond of BeBop by that point, and outright hostile towards Dolphy, Cecil Taylor etc.

eguzki irusta

11y

love the sound

David velleman

9y↑7

Eric sounds great! Than a youthful Woody III. Much of his altisimo register is based on unusual alt fingerings. very interesting stuff reminds me of how he sounds on ezz thetics by george russell. once music is played its in the air, its gone-Eric

Rich Herrera

7y↑3

David velleman I had the fortunate chance to talk with Woody Shaw wherein he said that Dizzy knew all the false fingerings. I heard him say that.

Michael Brewick

Thank you for posting this!!!

DSC

4y↑1

You have not experienced Black Sabbath until you have heard them played in the original bass clarinet.

S Madden

11y↑4

thanks for posting this, i've been wanting to hear it but its been too expensive.

Greg Bem

7y↑10

This is the true music of the gods.

Kellen Nicholson

@__ I-

What?

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David Velleman

8y↑6

Some o my fav. Dolphy!!!! + Woody shaw to boot, and what sounds like the great bobby Hutcherson

Gustaf Trolin

7y↑2

Uma sencacão neste ano! Aos poucos eu, e + alguns, comecaram a entender a música, anteriormente entendida como absolutmente maluca! Hoje não fica tö provocante assim, Ou?

Johnny Morgan

10y↑22

I know Wikipedia says that this is a 1963 release, but the sessions took place in 1964, the first release was in 1969 and this version is made up of recordings released separately as Conversations and Iron Man. As the sleeve notes to this album state:
"This record was produced during the early part of 1964, when Eric Dolphy and producer Alan Douglas decided to experiment with Eric's original compositions.
Two approaches were agreed upon. One was of clear simplicity; Eric on reed instruments and Richard Davis on bass. The other was more involved - a ten piece orchestra of young men who understood and admired Eric's work.
The recording sessions took place late at night in a very relaxed studio for five successive nights. In this environment the playing of Eric Dolphy, Richard Davis and the other musicians was unbelievably inspired. So much was created, individual compositions went from 'almost commercial' to 'very far out.'
Two albums were produced from that beautiful week. The first, called 'Conversations,' was released through FM Records (now available through the Roulette Record catalogue). On this, the second, is incorporated performances that were considered too futuristic to put out at that time

Carri Krueger

5y↑1

This happened alot back then...lost recordings, label disputes..etc..at least we can hear it!

Stichting Raspoetin

5y↑1

just bought the complete recordings of those sessions today (triple cd on resonance records & seemingly released 5 days ago) where it is stated all recordings were done on the 1st & 3rd of July 1963 at music makers studios NYC

emilianoturazzi

5y↑2

actually Simosko and Tepperman discography report this recordings being made in may/june of 1963. They also provide serial numbers so probably they made a serious research in the label's archives. So I guess that probably they are correct. I would also provide a personal consideration: this isn't the way he played few months later. Something huge happend and both his phrasing and tone (especially on bass clarinet, but also on alto and flute) changed a lot. try to compare this with Out to lunch or with Mingus tournèe's pieces. This isn't an objective criteria but in my opinion it's likely that these sessions took place an year earlier than those.

Steve Cournane

Really intrigued by that information. is that written about in any book?

maurilio alberto

9y↑2

Magistral.

Jose Dias

6y↑2

Eric was extraordinary musician

Ethan Hill

This album was a personal home run. All my girlfriends passed the DOLPHY test, and I had one.

DOLPHY will never receive his due as a player or a leader in the world at-large. But he passed my test.

DOLPHY swings and HITS but BENNY GOODMAN fans might strike out here.

Kaj Genell

9y↑5

Marvellous

asbestomolesto

10y

fantastic.

dusty48

6y↑10

Featuring the 18yo Woody Shaw on trumpet!

Mark Kessel

3y↑1

Forget Jazz Sabbath, this guy wrote Iron Man a full 8 years before the Princes of Doom.

wyndhl eodumegwu

9y↑2

SuperStuey2

8y↑2

+wyndhl eodumegwu OK, We all know he's great......calm......

bmt33

A game changer of music and musicianship.

Bram Deckers muziek.

9y↑29

I was clicking some Frank Zappa albums on YouTube, then all of u sudden I saw this album. Great stuff .

sean brennan

Occupy ReaLity Some refer to him as the “Miles Davis” of rock music. Idk about that but he inspired countless musicians and helped them grow to become successful after leaving his band. For instance Steve vai, Lowell George, Art Trip etc.

sean brennan

Mak Muk Was Right Hes heading to bankruptcy because his family is running his music into the grave. Dweezil is amazing but Ahmet and Franks Wife we’re pressing charges on countless cover bands who didn’t have a penny to their name. They don’t want his music to get out and are putting shame to his name. Saying Zappa isn’t popular is like saying Eric Dolphy isn’t popular

sean brennan

Mak Muk Was Right Listen to “Weasels Ripped my Flesh”. He did not fail

dusty48

Yea Dolphy is where its at, that there's the big bucks, play it on TV and the kids go crazy just throwing dollar bills on the screen.
..
Since when are we considering musicians "serious" by the amount of money they get?

EeveeMart

Mak Muk Was Right yeah playing Zappa's music is about the "pay day." Because that's where the big bucks lie, right? Frank Zappa tunes?

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B Bop

8y↑4

I love the anchor that Robert Hutcherson contributes , Vibes are nice , aren't they -Milton Jackson to Orphy Robinson and others in between . antway , so good to see Prince Lasha and Sonny Simmons
together again . In fact , what a great band . and inspiring tunes to match. Thankyou sennaO1

Eduardo Olivares

Masterdom at its true peak.

Rich Frazin

6y↑28

This is a copy of Black Sabbath's Iron Man, which was recorded 8 years later.

Rich Frazin

4y↑5

@Postatility Ozzy discusses time travel in the original Iron Man, which as I said come out 8 years later.

Postatility

How do you copy something eight years BEFORE it comes out?????

Mousse Tache

4y↑1

And Stark Reality was just another Marvel coverup!

Michael Brewick

4y↑4

I love how E.D. transcends even the linear nature of time passing

prepended prepended

LOL!

Pedro Costa

11y↑1

rolling shit! its the full album! thanks for posting!

Ethan Hill

I played often this cut in college decades ago. DOLPHY is often overlooked. Gotta be blind to do so.

I suggest the sound is straight ahead jazz. "Out there" has been associated with "Dolphy" as if a conspiracy. The musicians play jazz in a manner LOUIS ARMSTRONG and THE HOT FIVE or SEVEN would admire and find familiar. This song is not for example ANTHONY BRAXTON at his best or worst.

Frank Lovato

Just as interesting and complicated (if not more so), than the 18TH century traditions and all that came before. Needs revisiting!

jazzkid

11y

Woody Shaw?!.....wow! 0_0

Ronald V. Micci

Last I heard, art was supposed to convey sensitivity and beauty. Dolphy was an interesting player from a technical standpoint, but for me that's as far as it goes.

kaspafischer

2y↑1

His take on "Come Sunday" sounds sensitive and beautiful to me...

S728

dolphys playing is the exact opposite of that, he broke the boundaries of diatonic playing in order to express emotions (and "sensitivity and beauty", even though thats an outdated view of art) more freely through his instrument and was very successful in doing so

maxell rock'n'roll

3y↑2

Art can convey a lot of things, to me there is a lot of frantic energy straight out of the gate here, took me by surprise and the variety and depth of sound kept me engaged. Sounds like hectic modern life and to me, wouldn't representing that require sensibility? Then again, I don't understand a lick of it from a technical standpoint.

Ron Carter Bassist

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

US Full Lab MD

7y↑1

Great. Thanks

jibsmokestack1

3y↑1

Btw Iron Man is a nickname for bassist Richard Davis!

Loki197806

11y↑1

Thank you!

jibsmokestack1

18 year old Woody Shaw!

Jeff Williams

This sounds like good stereo. Anybody know why the new expanded reissue is mono?

tahseti111

8y↑3

AWWWW, YEAH!!

Butch Alano

11y

the Hendrix of bebop

James Nicholson

wow

Keith Lyon

4y↑1

ERIC DOLPHY RULES !

billy skinner

Bet him and zappa would have gotten along brilliantly

ayom

thumbs up

Boomstick

9y↑23

The hell, it sounds nothing like the original (sarcasm)

senna01

11y↑1

Yes, indeed!

tahseti111

7y↑3

Chaos, sweet chaos!

Howard Bankhead

4y↑1

Come Sunday

Michael Colello

I'M YOUR MAN

Merrill Clark

11y

<3 <3 <3

Aloneshadow Rosa

8y↑1

too bad they havent pay me my money so i can buy them... til then.. i stay chillin'

Cosmic Man

ODE...Aum Amen 🐝🌈

Θεοδωρος Πατρικιος

Bags groove/ / Bobby H. Groove, it's not R ON Carter it's R. Davis

zac

boolin

romeosyne

du-da, de-da-da, dedadedade, du-da-dah, yeah that Iomian mode ain't on this album...false advertising

Nikko Whitworth

10y

Who is playing cello at 30:00?

José Luis Fernández Sepúlveda

@emilianoturazzi You´re right.

emilianoturazzi

@joseluisfernandez58 don't say incorrect things. Dolphy didn't play cello. he couldn't play it. and then... actually it's a bowed double bass.

MarMilovac

9y↑4

@Nikko Whitworth Its most likely Richard Davis' bowed bass. He is a virtuoso of bowed bass, even playing with Leonard Bernstein!

Josh Towers

9y↑2

@Nikko Whitworth Is that not a bowed upright bass?

Nikko Whitworth

10y↑2

@joseluisfernandez58 Really? I've only ever heard of him playing woodwinds. If so, then he is definitely my favourite human.

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Sasha king crimson

9y↑4

sasha king crimson🎧🎧🎧

坂巻洋

🌱🙄🌼💙

Aloneshadow Rosa

8y↑1

I wneed like 600 margaritas right now...

elpudino

11y↑1

Un-hinged

Paul Padoan

7y↑2

What a loss, for f-ing diabetes :(

Frank Sanchez

9y↑1

Ahhh.....

Michael T Sanchez

9y↑1

So this is where the memorial BBQ came from eh?

"Google+ (Frank Sanchez)" <****@**> wrote:

Thing You Know

Iron Man the comic book character first appeared in 1963 -- did he nick the title from Marvel?

lance uppercut

6y↑1

dolphy v ghostface !

Paul Smith

7y↑2

get a free add-blocker

Aloneshadow Rosa

8y↑1

who wants u?.. not me

Frankincensed

9y↑2

arf

Mark McLaughlin

8y↑1

lucalone

far out

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